Trouser holder



F. DIEBOLD Oct. 17, 1950 -HOLDER TROUSER Filed Feb. 17, 1948 lA/VEA/ 0 6 Fif 7:2: .DIEBOLQ Patented Oct. 17, 1950 I 2,526,203 H TRoUs R HoLpEa Fritz Diebold, Geneva, Switzerland, assignor to Robert Baumann & Cie,.' Geneva, Switzerland,

a corporation of Switzerland;

Application February 17, 194$;S'ii'a1No. 8,82

In Switzerland February 19, 1947 5 Claims; (craze-9s) of a hook 20 in forming a bearing into which the said hook can turn (Fig. 5). The end of the hook tail has a head 22 which forms a rest as regards the bearing.

The body I5 slides freely inside the two tubes In and I I and the springs I! rest, on one hand, on its folded back ends I6, and, on the other end, on a tongue portion 2! cut into the wall of each tube and pushed back inside of it. 7

Since the two springs II have practically the same strength, the body l5 together with the slits of the tubes, two identical springs fixed, on

one hand to the slide, and, on the other hand, to the ends of the tubes carrying the'clips, tending to keep the suspension part at an even distance from the said clips.

The attached drawing shows diagrammatically and by way of example two forms of execution of the object of the invention. 1

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal cross-section of a first form of execution;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of same through the line IIII of the Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross-section of same through theline III-III of the Fig. 1;-

Figs. 4 to 5 are views of details;

Fig. 6 is a part view of a second form'of execution;

Fig. '7 is a part view of same in longitudinal cross-section;

Fig. 8 is a transversal cross-section view.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3,'one sees that the support is constituted by two metal tubes II] and II having a fully lengthwi e slit and telescoping one into the other with friction due to their elastic deformation, which keeps them in the chosen relative position.

. On the end of each tube is fitted a spring clip I2, to which the tube acts as axle, that is to say on which swi el the two branches of the clip, 1

as shown on Fig. 2. The end of each tube is set back on I3 so as to form a collar tending to keep the clip in position.

The slit f1, f2 of each tube is closed at its end opposite to that carrying the clip by a drop of solder I4. 7

Inside the tubes Ill and I I .is housed a body I5 constituted by a part made of sheet metal and represented in detail on Fig. 4. The ends l6 of this part are folded back as shown on the Fig. 5 in order to form supports for the springs I! (Fi 1) The body I5 includes a guide I8 engaged in the slits f1 and f2 of the tubes In and II and carrying a proiection IQ of which the folded back edges form a hooking device intended'to keep the end hook 2n is automatically kept fairly in the middle plane of the support, that is to say at a fairly even distance from each of the clips I2.

.Moreover, it is easy to modify and choo e the friction value between the tubes II! and I I due to their ela tic d format on. The e frictions are so cho en that the combined strength of the two united s rings I I shall be smaller than the e frictions. Thus. when the user pla es the two tubes in a erta n axial r lative po ition. the e remain in this posit on. the springs not being able to overcome the frictions. How-ever, in certain ca es. one can al o provide springs capable of overcom n t ese frict ons. In this ca e. one gets a trous r-holder which opens automatically. It is clear that n th latter ca e. it is nece ary, in

order to avo d stretching the trousers fabric, to

make sure that the two comb ned springs are but ver little stronger than the frictions.

It is clear that the described form can vary in itsdetails w thout going outof the scope of the in ention. Thus the cl ps m ht be different from tho e repre ented. The body I5 could also be made in another way. For instance. it could come from manufacture with already formed re ts for the springs.

In the alternat ve form of execut on shown on Figs. 6 to 8 the bodv I5 is arran ed outside the tu es I I! and I I. It has the gen ral form of a slit cyl nd r having at ea h of its ends an arm I8 radially arranged. These two arms constitute the guide of the body I5. They are engaged in the slits f1 and T2. In addition, each of these arms carries a support for the springs I1. As is the case in the form of excution shown on the Figs.

'1 to 3, the body I5 has a hooking device I9 for the hook 20. Parts I5. Iii-.20, 22 of either modifica I claim: 1. A trouser-holder comprising a pair of clips,

a pair of members slidable lengthwise of one another and elastically deformable and holding one another in a predetermined position because of the friction due to the deformation, suspension means engageable with at least one of the members and spring means each connected at one 5. A trouser-holder, comprising, a pair of clips, a pair of members slidable lengthwise of one another and elastically deformable and holding one another in a predetermined position because of the friction due to the deformation, suspension means embracing the outer one of the members end to the suspension means and at the other 3. The trouser-holder according to claim 2 and wherein the suspension means is disposed within the inner-most tube.

4.. The trouser-holder according to' claim 1 and wherein the members are tubular and an inwardly extending tongue is formed on eachv to anchor the outer end of a spring.

0 Number and having opposite arms, and spring means each connected at one endto an arm of the suspension means and at the other end to one of the members, the strength of the spring means being less than that required to overcome the friction between the members.

FRITZ DIEBOLD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Lendle Nov. 20, 1917 Cavanagh Nov. 12, 1940 

